Integration of biodiversity into corporate strategies

In February 2006, Orée and the French Institute on Biodiversity (IFB) initiated a working group to discuss the integration of biodiversity into corporate strategies. This partnership involves about twenty companies, large groups, SMEs as well as local authorities. What makes it unique is the diversity of organisations collaborating on such a sensitive and emergent issue.
Furthermore, this project serves as the basis for a doctoral thesis undertaken in close cooperation with the working group and financially supported by the multinational French company VEOLIA Environment.
Its ultimate aim is to propose innovative mechanisms, away from a system of external constraints based exclusively on national or international public policies, towards one with reciprocal interrelationships between the evolution of ecosystems and the growth of companies. In other words, looking beyond impact management or single species-driven agendas, its research framework intends to explore how companies can rethink their strategies at all relevant levels.